thelastaxolotl [he/him]@hexbear.netM to History@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 days agoWhen chinese peasants overthrew and killed a God during Mao's land reformhexbear.netimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1172arrow-down1imageWhen chinese peasants overthrew and killed a God during Mao's land reformhexbear.netthelastaxolotl [he/him]@hexbear.netM to History@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTheChemist [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·9 days agoI have noticed lots of examples of people using religion to “justify” actions that are right at home with the playbook of a Snake Oil Salesman.
minus-squareJabril [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 days agoyeah it is quite literally the oldest trick in the book and the origination of class society
minus-squareBlueMagaChud [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoI’d argue that animal husbandry was the start, but that’s definitely the origin of the First Estate
minus-squareJabril [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 days agoyeah maybe so, I feel like people were practicing animal husbandry under primitive communism though right? I would assume the first instance of having a class divide socially would have required a religious concept to justify it
I have noticed lots of examples of people using religion to “justify” actions that are right at home with the playbook of a Snake Oil Salesman.
yeah it is quite literally the oldest trick in the book and the origination of class society
I’d argue that animal husbandry was the start, but that’s definitely the origin of the First Estate
yeah maybe so, I feel like people were practicing animal husbandry under primitive communism though right? I would assume the first instance of having a class divide socially would have required a religious concept to justify it